Poor Trevor Kavanagh. The veteran Sun political sage was in despair yesterday.

For years — years! — he has campaigned for an EU referendum. Then, just before his paper went to press last night with the happy news, word broke that Fabrice Muamba, the footballer who had a heart attack on the pitch playing for Bolton and nearly died, is now expecting a baby. “That’s our splash,” cried the editor. Kavanagh: “Nooooo!”